Mac Cole laid the foundation for this work by assembling a
comprehensive family tree, hand written in pen and ink. He had also put together a considerable amount of family history and
explored his roots in Ireland. He once said that he regretted the fact that his
father, Robert Bell Cole, who was a wonderful storyteller, had died before the
advent of tape recorders. Sadly Mac died before the age of computers. How he
would have revelled in the new technology.

Michael McMurray Cole and daughter Noeline Vera Cole, a son
and a granddaughter of Mac's, are building on his foundation. Noeline has
created this Website. She does most of the research and handles the daunting
task of fitting this great jigsaw together. Michael devised the diagrammatic
tree layout and handles photography and the scanning of old photos and
documents.

Our aim is to publish every thing as it becomes available,
even if incomplete, and then as more information comes to light through further
research or through people contacting us, additions and corrections will be
made.